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elect trricity and the energy g in the united states is everything. all three of the governors in this area and the mayors in congress right now talking about relief, they're not just talking about the amount of money that they need, but the mechanism of how to get that money to the ground faster is something we have to get better at. fema is much better than it was after katrina, but getting the money on the ground when it matters, that's another one. the third thing i would say is that you need to kind of take a minute and step back, is because your first instinct is to grab that which you knew, that's all you want, you want to go back to exact lly like it was. build it back like it always should have been, but not what might have been built because of bad planning. in new orleans, one of the fundamental things that we did, and by the way, it took us a while to get there because people's homes were destroyed and it was hard. but we got into the conversation that we were not going to build new orleans back like she was, as wonderful a city as she was
elect trricity and the energy g in the united states is everything. all three of the governors in this area and the mayors in congress right now talking about relief, they're not just talking about the amount of money that they need, but the mechanism of how to get that money to the ground faster is something we have to get better at. fema is much better than it was after katrina, but getting the money on the ground when it matters, that's another one. the third thing i would say is that you...
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>> a re-elected barack obama back at number one. two years ago we had hu jintao so it is not automatic the president is at the top but with a kind of mini mandate, four more years and the defacto leader of the free world it is a pretty easy selection of number one. >> angela merkel number two. easy to understand. >> europe goes through germany and germany goes through merkel. >> let's talk about vladimir putin coming in at number three. >> yes. he has been on the list even when he wasn't president because we all know who was still running the show then. he's back up there with a bullet. he's been as high as two on this list. here is somebody who has a u.n. security council permanency, controls a huge oil and gas reserve, has a nuclear tipped army and wields his power very effectively. >> and loves to show his muscles. many times as possible. >> powerful in many ways. that's right. >> of late bill gates has been the rodney dangerfield of silicon valley or seattle. he gets absolutely no respect but you give him plenty. he comes in at
>> a re-elected barack obama back at number one. two years ago we had hu jintao so it is not automatic the president is at the top but with a kind of mini mandate, four more years and the defacto leader of the free world it is a pretty easy selection of number one. >> angela merkel number two. easy to understand. >> europe goes through germany and germany goes through merkel. >> let's talk about vladimir putin coming in at number three. >> yes. he has been on the...
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there's been free elections. parties have been elected. they're all working in coalition. you have an islamic party working with sec you lar coalition parties. libya that -- you know, this time last year they were in a war and in nine months they've produced elections for a government. but it won't be easy but it won't be linear. the path to democracy, it's a process. it's not a suv event, so it will take time and there will be setbacks. the tragedy of the other week was a setback of immense proportions and the hurt done to the united states and people in libya recognizing that a friend of libya had been killed. this is a setback of terrible proportions. but the process of democracy, to give people pluralism, the freedom of choice, that process will go on, but we're yet to see how easy that will sit with those who would like to use a bit of freedom to repress others. who knows how this is going to go. but we're still optimistic. >> meechham. >> prime minister gordon brown was here. he used the phrase pakistan is the epicenter of the problems we face. and my sense was impli
there's been free elections. parties have been elected. they're all working in coalition. you have an islamic party working with sec you lar coalition parties. libya that -- you know, this time last year they were in a war and in nine months they've produced elections for a government. but it won't be easy but it won't be linear. the path to democracy, it's a process. it's not a suv event, so it will take time and there will be setbacks. the tragedy of the other week was a setback of immense...
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the election's over. now it's time to get to work. >> and ato prove his point, listen to what he had to say about the repeal of the president's health care plan which really has been the goal, it really has. it's been the goal -- it's been the holy grail of conservatives over the past two years. listen to what he said when asked whether he would keep trying to repeal obamacare. >> well, i think the election changes that. it's pretty clear that the president was re-elected. obamacare is the law of the land. >> but you won't be spending the time next year trying to repeal obamacare? >> there certainly may be parts of it that we believe need to be changed. we may do that. no decisions at this point. >> okay. >> it's a new era. >> it's a new era. by the way, first of all, it is a new era. it's okay to call it obamacare now, right? since the president said he's proud of that, right? >> he's proud of it. >> so i can do that without people on the left saying that i'm racist. >> right. yes, you're allowed. >> hat
the election's over. now it's time to get to work. >> and ato prove his point, listen to what he had to say about the repeal of the president's health care plan which really has been the goal, it really has. it's been the goal -- it's been the holy grail of conservatives over the past two years. listen to what he said when asked whether he would keep trying to repeal obamacare. >> well, i think the election changes that. it's pretty clear that the president was re-elected. obamacare...
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a lot of elections don't have consequences, midterm elections. this was supposed to be a status quo election. but something happened here. i think the fever is starting to break. >> absolutely. you're going to see it, i think, on immigration reform, and i think you're going to see it on spending and taxation. and you don't have to effect or change basic tax rates. as you know, there's all sorts of things you can do on so-called tax expenditure dealing with home mortgage deductions, dealing with state and local taxes. also there's things obviously on the spending side, entitlements and domestic spending, this isn't that hard. this is, if you will, a mini-package. this isn't necessarily on the scale of simpson-bowles. it doesn't need to be. this ought to be doable. >> john heilemann, obviously both sides have to give. everyone's been saying that. there needs to be room for compromise, figure out how to get there. how does a deal look? is there a possibility of a deal without extending the bush tax cuts for people who make under $250,000 only? is th
a lot of elections don't have consequences, midterm elections. this was supposed to be a status quo election. but something happened here. i think the fever is starting to break. >> absolutely. you're going to see it, i think, on immigration reform, and i think you're going to see it on spending and taxation. and you don't have to effect or change basic tax rates. as you know, there's all sorts of things you can do on so-called tax expenditure dealing with home mortgage deductions,...
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barack obama did last election, not this election. mitt romney did this election. >> all right. well, let's talk about the "fortune" magazine's issue of the 50 most powerful women. there is, of course, a gigantic asterisk by this list as there would be by any home run -- >> you guys are making fun of me. stop it right now. >> on the cover. >> she's not on this list. but let's talk about number two to number 51. who are they? >> well, first of all, couple big take aways. these are serious companies. 20 years ago, women weren't running big companies like this, but you have dupont, kraft, hewlett-packard, a lot of technology companies and also a lot of women in waiting. there are people in very serious positions at gm, general dynamics and other companies. so this list is going to -- >> who comes in at number one? >> ginny romete, the new ceo of ibm, the 19th biggest company in the united states. she's 55 years old, so more than half of her life. she's worked there, the 19th biggest company in the world. >> and over that time, she's seen a company dominate the market, be seen as pa
barack obama did last election, not this election. mitt romney did this election. >> all right. well, let's talk about the "fortune" magazine's issue of the 50 most powerful women. there is, of course, a gigantic asterisk by this list as there would be by any home run -- >> you guys are making fun of me. stop it right now. >> on the cover. >> she's not on this list. but let's talk about number two to number 51. who are they? >> well, first of all, couple...
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>> this election for parliament was the first election in iran since the 2009 presidential election. there was a city council election that was scheduled but it was postponed to coincide with the next presidtial, which is not until next ar. sohi ectn simportant foir f ttasn. isas tit me sinc peleam itohetrtsas yembein20for office who were sl more liberal minded and talking about democratizing the system from within, they have been pushed out. a lot of them are in prison, including former officials. the spectrum of debate now is as narrow as it has ever been under the islamic republic. >> at one point during your work there you were detained and interrogated. tell us about that. and how was that crrd out! i >>omnecctemy ralar d o t see an pleussi, luso ca e reak of fi the day of the election, they had confined the foreign media to buses. they were taking us on a bus tour of polling stations. this had never been done before. at about 2:00 in the afternoon, when most of the foreign reporters were saying we can't do this anymore, they were taking us to polling stations packed with irania
>> this election for parliament was the first election in iran since the 2009 presidential election. there was a city council election that was scheduled but it was postponed to coincide with the next presidtial, which is not until next ar. sohi ectn simportant foir f ttasn. isas tit me sinc peleam itohetrtsas yembein20for office who were sl more liberal minded and talking about democratizing the system from within, they have been pushed out. a lot of them are in prison, including former...
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from maine, angus king, the newly elected senator-elect king. senator, you chose, i think, yesterday, you announced that you're going to caucus with the democrats. if so, why? >> well, i basically, throughout the campaign, said i had two criteria for coming down and making that decision, if i had to make the decision at all. the first thing i thought about which chris matthews suggested on "hardball" last summer was don't caucus with anybody, just stay totally independent, put your chair in the middle of the aisle, don't take a committee assignment. and the problem with that is, i'd be ineffective as a senator. that wouldn't really be fair to maine. and i thought about that option, but it just didn't make sense as we looked into the senate rules, particularly in connection with committee assignments. so then my criteria was, number one, how can i maintain the maximum area of independents, and yet at the same time be an effective senator? and i had a series of conversations starting with joe lieberman and bernie sanders, asking them how they were
from maine, angus king, the newly elected senator-elect king. senator, you chose, i think, yesterday, you announced that you're going to caucus with the democrats. if so, why? >> well, i basically, throughout the campaign, said i had two criteria for coming down and making that decision, if i had to make the decision at all. the first thing i thought about which chris matthews suggested on "hardball" last summer was don't caucus with anybody, just stay totally independent, put...
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this more than any other election than 2004 was a presidential election determined by tactics. when you have the obama campaign telling john heilemann, speaking of pot smoking, telling john heilemann, in the "new york" magazine, just telling him out-right, we are going to destroy mitt romney. we are not going to run on our record. we are going to make him an illegitimate candidate, and then they go out and they do that. as you said, romney's people let him do it, didn't respond appropriately. that's a tactic. when you have the obama people going to nine states and microtargeting just those nine states. if you're in 41 other states, you're irrelevant to them. i'm not mocking them. that's good. >> joe, i would say that the attacks on romney were a strategy, not a tactic. if i said a whiling a, jeff said i said romney couldn't run on his record. if i said that i misspoke, i meant obama couldn't run on his record, didn't try. that's why their campaign was to disqualify romney. i apologize if i said that wrong. but, look, remember 1984, when reagan ran for re-election, the economy w
this more than any other election than 2004 was a presidential election determined by tactics. when you have the obama campaign telling john heilemann, speaking of pot smoking, telling john heilemann, in the "new york" magazine, just telling him out-right, we are going to destroy mitt romney. we are not going to run on our record. we are going to make him an illegitimate candidate, and then they go out and they do that. as you said, romney's people let him do it, didn't respond...
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it could be a $2 billion election. so it's a million here, a million dollar. >> i think there will be such an oversaturation in markets that at some point people will say, i'm not going to watch tv. i do not care what's on it. i'm going to pay attention to the debates and the convention speeches. but it isn't just about the presidential elections. this is about the senate and congressional elections. and these candidates do have, you know, coat tails. and they are going to bring candidates along with them. one of the things that is a very technical point but it's an important one. candidates are allowed to spend by lowest unit rate the dollars for advertising six days out before an election, whereas super pacs are not. they have to pay what could be 30% more on certain occasions. so democrats were excited about the idea that their candidate would raise a lot of money but their super pacs would raise a lot of money to give them an advantage. this changes that a lot and it complicates things for democrats who were hoping
it could be a $2 billion election. so it's a million here, a million dollar. >> i think there will be such an oversaturation in markets that at some point people will say, i'm not going to watch tv. i do not care what's on it. i'm going to pay attention to the debates and the convention speeches. but it isn't just about the presidential elections. this is about the senate and congressional elections. and these candidates do have, you know, coat tails. and they are going to bring...
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they think they stole the 2012 election. >> joe? >> let's look at the front page of the "washington post." it talks about how turkey is going to get nato missiles. i remember when your book came out last year and we did some events with you, you kept talking about the key position, it turkey would play in the world. we're seeing it now especially in syria. but now becoming more powerful force than nato. this is happening. you foresaw it. why is it happening? >> it's happening because the situation is such that we realize we need turkey and it is the point of departure for any effective, constructive or destructive solution. it's as basic as that. but we have to be aware of the fact we can't let turkey out on a limb by itself. extremely successful but vulnerable from the inside. and i can see enemies of turkey ganging up on turkey, stimulating the kurd ishii you, for example, which could be explosive and damaging to turkey's long-range future. >> and you also have a much more complicated relationship between turkey and israel now. >>
they think they stole the 2012 election. >> joe? >> let's look at the front page of the "washington post." it talks about how turkey is going to get nato missiles. i remember when your book came out last year and we did some events with you, you kept talking about the key position, it turkey would play in the world. we're seeing it now especially in syria. but now becoming more powerful force than nato. this is happening. you foresaw it. why is it happening? >> it's...
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john boehner won his election. eric cantor won his election. over 200 republicans won their election. and not one of them won their election and got sent to washington to raise taxes. >> right. >> so we have people that look and say oh, the president won. okay. well, we're going to just raise -- if you want to know what the next step is and why john boehner's situation is so tough, it's not because these people are smoking weed in the back going crazy and throwing things against the wall. >> that's not the worst idea. >> but because they got elected by promising to draw a line in the sand on new taxes. >> you know what's going to happen, joe? >> that's what government's about. >> no republican is going to vote to raise taxes. they're going to vote to cut taxes because automatically, taxes are going to go up. the bill that will be presented to them that they will be voting for is to cut taxes. >> that's right. >> and so when they face that primary challenge and they say you raised taxes, they'll go, no, i didn't. i voted for a tax cut for 98% of
john boehner won his election. eric cantor won his election. over 200 republicans won their election. and not one of them won their election and got sent to washington to raise taxes. >> right. >> so we have people that look and say oh, the president won. okay. well, we're going to just raise -- if you want to know what the next step is and why john boehner's situation is so tough, it's not because these people are smoking weed in the back going crazy and throwing things against the...
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you know, we have 43 days till the election. nine days till the debate, all of october, and yet what's striking about this poll, willie, is it looks like an election that is hardened. 80% of people say they're excited to go out to vote, something that you usually only see the week before an election. 4% undecided. and here's an amazing one. and this is something that's very ominous for the romney campaign. last month when we did the battleground poll, one person in five was willing to change their vote. this time, that's down to one in ten. again, another side of this hardening election. and this is a fascinating poll question and one that you worry about most if you're a romney headquarters in boston. who do you think is going to win? and putting aside who they're voting for, 60% of people in this poll think that obama's going to win. a huge psychological advantage as we head into this nine-day trek to the debate, 43-day trek to the election. >> mike, did you say 4% undecided in the poll? wow. >> isn't that incredible? and just
you know, we have 43 days till the election. nine days till the debate, all of october, and yet what's striking about this poll, willie, is it looks like an election that is hardened. 80% of people say they're excited to go out to vote, something that you usually only see the week before an election. 4% undecided. and here's an amazing one. and this is something that's very ominous for the romney campaign. last month when we did the battleground poll, one person in five was willing to change...
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if president gets elected, and i think if the election were held today, he would get re-elected. on the basis of how he and boehner got on the discussions of the grand bargain, is that a template they can carry forward if obama is re-elected, if boehner is speaker again? from november to january, can they take that deal back out and say okay, we got pretty close last time, let's work forward, or is that so dead and it's caused so much scarring that that will never be used as a template to move forward? >> well, ultimately, that's the question. there's a lot of bad blood here between the president and speaker boehner and the republicans. and in talking to speaker boehner at great length about this, his problem is -- and he says it quite openly -- he said look, i need this job like a hole in the head. i want to cut spending. and there have been no spending cuts. and the willingness to cut spending on the part of obama is not great. he talks about it. when i interviewed the president, the rhetoric is there. he said, i'd willingly lose an election to fix this problem. intellectually,
if president gets elected, and i think if the election were held today, he would get re-elected. on the basis of how he and boehner got on the discussions of the grand bargain, is that a template they can carry forward if obama is re-elected, if boehner is speaker again? from november to january, can they take that deal back out and say okay, we got pretty close last time, let's work forward, or is that so dead and it's caused so much scarring that that will never be used as a template to move...
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we just had an election. we're going to have to have some compromise. and i think step one is figure out how to raise some revenue without killing the economy. that's why i suggested limiting deductions. >> for you, that does it. can we get there, though? the president is saying we can't raise enough revenue by doing that. >> you can raise as much revenue as the marginal rate increases he's proposing. here's a secret. we can get through the discussion. in the longer material we either have to raise taxes on everyone or we have to very serious spending cuts. the rich can't carry this. >> glenn, it's fascinating that you say that. i remember, i think it was peter several years ago suggested extending the tax cuts for two years and getting rid of it. the reason why, with revenue, it's the willie sutton concept. raising taxes on the rich may make us feel better about ourselves but it's the other bush tax cuts where you have the bulk, overwhelming bulk of revenue. >> if you raise every tax on the rich that the president has proposed, 1% of gdp, but our long-
we just had an election. we're going to have to have some compromise. and i think step one is figure out how to raise some revenue without killing the economy. that's why i suggested limiting deductions. >> for you, that does it. can we get there, though? the president is saying we can't raise enough revenue by doing that. >> you can raise as much revenue as the marginal rate increases he's proposing. here's a secret. we can get through the discussion. in the longer material we...
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he faces democrat paul sadler in november know's general election, joe? >> and the "usa today," new technology will drastically change retail buying over the next five years. for instance, intel has now developed an lcd mirror that can show you how clothing looks on you, without you even having to try the clothes on? i don't believe it. >> analysts say soon, mika, big box stores like office depot, old navy and best buy will just become test centers for on-line purchases and that's already happening with places like best buy. people go check things out and then go to amazon and buy the big screen tv. >> "the miami herald" harry potter books used to be extremely popular with inmates at the prison on guantanamo bay, but according to a civilian library on the base the "fresh prince of bell air" has become inmates new favorite. the tv show is so popular, he's ordered all six seasons which the detainees can view on flat screen televisions. the library -- so many things that are wrong with this story. the library holds about 28,000 books and videos. mostly in ar
he faces democrat paul sadler in november know's general election, joe? >> and the "usa today," new technology will drastically change retail buying over the next five years. for instance, intel has now developed an lcd mirror that can show you how clothing looks on you, without you even having to try the clothes on? i don't believe it. >> analysts say soon, mika, big box stores like office depot, old navy and best buy will just become test centers for on-line purchases...
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we are not on a trajectory not just pre-election, but post election. health care. we can't say what's going to happen until we see what the supreme court does. the spending is such a big deal. whether you bring in tax reform, whether you bring in something to stop this. you have to know where health care is going to be. we don't know that until june. >> the one thing that is different, i agree with what mark said. the one thing that is different fwr the dramas is something has to happen at the end of this year. it's not a question. doing nothing is not an option. you have default things that happen. taxes go up. spending gets cut. something has to happen. >> it's great news. >> it is great news. >> that is why i was hopeful when we had the debt ceiling vote coming up. >> they will kick it down the road. >> they actually will need to kick it down the road if they want to get a huge, grand deal. by the way, i remember, for those at home -- >> blurt it out. >> this book, the president's club book -- >> do you love it? >> my god, it's fantastic. it talks about how ex-p
we are not on a trajectory not just pre-election, but post election. health care. we can't say what's going to happen until we see what the supreme court does. the spending is such a big deal. whether you bring in tax reform, whether you bring in something to stop this. you have to know where health care is going to be. we don't know that until june. >> the one thing that is different, i agree with what mark said. the one thing that is different fwr the dramas is something has to happen...
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he continues to win the electability argument. chuck and i were talking last night. what he doesn't do yet is crack the demographic strength of rick santorum, which is the more conservative heart and soul of the party. that's not where romney is making inroads. and what has to trouble him about that is not whether he's ultimately the guy. who gets the nomination. but what it's going to take for the rest of the party to fall in around him. you've got newt gingrich out there, you know, analyzing this race. and still staying in it, saying that there is still a stop romney force out there. and there's enough place for those forces to go as long as santorum and to a lesser degree gingrich is still in the race. >> tj, put chuck todd up in a single box. where is chuck coming out of today? that's a good shot. >> you like the shot? >> it's pretty good. >> it's so that i can keep an eye on david. david and i are actually in the line of sight. if you really want to know the sausage making here -- >> no, we don't. >> the same facility. >> keep your sausage to yourself. what do y
he continues to win the electability argument. chuck and i were talking last night. what he doesn't do yet is crack the demographic strength of rick santorum, which is the more conservative heart and soul of the party. that's not where romney is making inroads. and what has to trouble him about that is not whether he's ultimately the guy. who gets the nomination. but what it's going to take for the rest of the party to fall in around him. you've got newt gingrich out there, you know, analyzing...
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it's his election victory. we all know in our own lives that presidential attention is enormously effective. i'm wondering whether you're hearing anything about how the republicans in the house are reacting at this point. >> well, i think what's really interesting is if the president does get a deal on taxes, and if we get over the fiscal cliff, i think that that's actually going to create probably some kind of war in the republican party. >> you mean over by avoiding? >> yeah, over by avoiding, exactly. >> it's a tricky metaphor. >> it is. exactly. >> like the roadrunner. >> but i think going to peter's point, i think that this debt ceiling issue will become the issue, and i think republicans will probably harden over that in the house. and i think that's really problematic because it's this on again/off again crisis thing. it makes us seem like an emerging market economy here. >> are we greece? >> our politics are becoming as dysfunctional as greece. i mean, we're not greece, but if you look at what businessm
it's his election victory. we all know in our own lives that presidential attention is enormously effective. i'm wondering whether you're hearing anything about how the republicans in the house are reacting at this point. >> well, i think what's really interesting is if the president does get a deal on taxes, and if we get over the fiscal cliff, i think that that's actually going to create probably some kind of war in the republican party. >> you mean over by avoiding? >>...
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people like morsi win elections but winning elections is the easy part. the question is whether they can govern. the question is whether there's any tolerance for minorities, for multiple points of view. he did a power grab. there's now pushback. i think it's wrong to assume, though, that all the people pushing back are necessarily democrats. >> no. >> a lot of people -- >> but everybody is pushing back, and certainly, certainly elements of mubarak's regime are looking for an opportunity to regain some power. >> absolutely. >> you also have christians pushing back, other islamist that is are pushing back, some even more extreme. you have all elements pushing back here. but i'm absolutely bewildered as to why morsi thought he could get away with this. >> these are guys, morsi, in jail or in the streets or in opposition for their entire careers, they come into office. and why would we think that they spent all their time out of office reading the federalist papers? they didn't. they come into office and, in a sense, the only political game they know how to
people like morsi win elections but winning elections is the easy part. the question is whether they can govern. the question is whether there's any tolerance for minorities, for multiple points of view. he did a power grab. there's now pushback. i think it's wrong to assume, though, that all the people pushing back are necessarily democrats. >> no. >> a lot of people -- >> but everybody is pushing back, and certainly, certainly elements of mubarak's regime are looking for an...
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, you begin running for re-election immediately. >> yes. and not only that, in the senate, the key thing here is that mitch mcconnell needs to be a player because john boehner has kept tized him to do this, he's up for re-election in 2014. he has to consider that prospect as well. >> depply doug. >>> coming up, kurt andersen will be here. also, "new york times" columnist frank bruni and nbc white house correspondent, chuck todd. also, the lives they live. this sunday's "new york times" magazine profiles the memorable people and in some cases places that we lost in 2012. john kelly joins us for a look back at those who passed. >>> up next, mike allen with the "politico playbook." first is dylan drier tracking the winter storm. >> this storm is a big one. it affected the whole eastern third of the country for several days right through that all-important holiday for travelers. that certainly did wreak havoc on the airports. we ended up with more than a foot of snow in some areas, especially back into ohio, pennsylvania and new york state. gra
, you begin running for re-election immediately. >> yes. and not only that, in the senate, the key thing here is that mitch mcconnell needs to be a player because john boehner has kept tized him to do this, he's up for re-election in 2014. he has to consider that prospect as well. >> depply doug. >>> coming up, kurt andersen will be here. also, "new york times" columnist frank bruni and nbc white house correspondent, chuck todd. also, the lives they live. this...
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they've had a brain freeze since the election. they have no strategy. you don't know what they want and they haven't decided what they want. >> with us now from washington at 35 past the hour, the chief white house correspondent for "politi "politico," mike allen who's here with "the politico playbook," also, cnbc washington reporter eamon javers. we'll start with mike. mike, you have some reason for optimism with some new headlines from the republicans this morning. what is it? >> well, happy new year's eve, mika, and we do. the story line for today will be will vice president biden swoop on to fantasy island and turn it into reality island? and there was some sign that that's going to happen. republicans are embracing the new involvement of vice president biden as an excuse to do things they haven't been willing to do before. so, the way "politico" is describing it is vice president biden is playing good cop to harry reid's bad cop. i'm told by republican aides that leader mcconnell and vice president biden talked by phone until midnight. their aides
they've had a brain freeze since the election. they have no strategy. you don't know what they want and they haven't decided what they want. >> with us now from washington at 35 past the hour, the chief white house correspondent for "politi "politico," mike allen who's here with "the politico playbook," also, cnbc washington reporter eamon javers. we'll start with mike. mike, you have some reason for optimism with some new headlines from the republicans this...
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and you now have a re-election. and, david, i heard you talk about this race as something that will be important for the fall. >> one of the familiarity issues in -- i think it's sort of a test case nationally. >> the next item up here has to do with trump. donald trump was sticking by some of these questions about whether president obama is really an american citizen. how much damage, ej, getting so close to the flame if you're governor romney, seeking an endorsement and an ally that a lot of people have never quite understood. >> i think if governor romney doesn't put out some very, very clear statement that he distances himself from this birther stuff, i don't know why he is hanging around with donald trump. but the governor romney has not distanced himself from the right wing on anything. he hasn't taken a step back from this new extremism in the republican party. one of the things -- i talk about it in my book is how conservatism used to be a balance between sort of individual concerns and community concerns. c
and you now have a re-election. and, david, i heard you talk about this race as something that will be important for the fall. >> one of the familiarity issues in -- i think it's sort of a test case nationally. >> the next item up here has to do with trump. donald trump was sticking by some of these questions about whether president obama is really an american citizen. how much damage, ej, getting so close to the flame if you're governor romney, seeking an endorsement and an ally...
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listen. >> my last election, after my election i have more flexibility. >> yeah, i understand you. >> friends with vladimir. >> friends with american democracy. i'll have more flexibility. >> that was the fly on the wall moment we so rarely get. when i traveled with the president, bush was caught with an open mic. you get moments where they are interacting and you get a window of what that relationship is. >> it's not like they are saying anything that we don't realize, it's the fact we caught them saying it. >> it plays in the worst fear, their political pundit. here is romney's response. >> when he's murdering his own people, we go to the united nations. who stands up for them? russia typically with china alongside. in terms of a geopolitical foe, they have the heft of the security council, a massive nuclear power, russia is the geopolitical foe and the idea that our president is planning on doing something with them that he's not willing to tell the american people before the election is something i find very, very alarming. >> michael steele, if you were still running the rnc, you
listen. >> my last election, after my election i have more flexibility. >> yeah, i understand you. >> friends with vladimir. >> friends with american democracy. i'll have more flexibility. >> that was the fly on the wall moment we so rarely get. when i traveled with the president, bush was caught with an open mic. you get moments where they are interacting and you get a window of what that relationship is. >> it's not like they are saying anything that we...
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presidential election years with the big elect traoratelectorate. not the small electorate. >>> coming up, "the generals" best selling author will be here to explain america's greatest military leaders an why he says many of today's generals aren't up to par. >>> up next -- florida, florida, florida. florida, florida, florida! >> i heard something that hurt me. willie geist actually said that florida didn't matter on "way too early." well, my nose and face disagree. recount! they're talking about a recount. >> i don't want to see this. >> well, i do. >> obama senior campaign advisor david axelrod is here to try to settle his bet with joe. apparently you have to grow a mustache. i'm going to try and prevent this. i have a hope, a diplomatic solution. we'll be right back. hey. hey eddie. i brought your stuff. you don't have to do this. yes i do. i want you to keep this. it'd be weird. take care. you too. so how did it go? he's upset. [ male announcer ] spend less time at gas stations with best in class fuel economy. it's our most innovative altima eve
presidential election years with the big elect traoratelectorate. not the small electorate. >>> coming up, "the generals" best selling author will be here to explain america's greatest military leaders an why he says many of today's generals aren't up to par. >>> up next -- florida, florida, florida. florida, florida, florida! >> i heard something that hurt me. willie geist actually said that florida didn't matter on "way too early." well, my nose and...
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the president has been re-elected. i know he's deeply personally committed to this and we just have to regrip it, i'm afraid. >> what's gone wrong? >> it's partly because there's so much turmoil in the region right now. it's how each side views its own prospects. >> how would you characterize a credible negotiation given the fact as long as we've been alive there's been these problems that keep erupting and never, ever get solved? we've been trying for 20, 30 years. it was 50, 60 years before we got one that worked. and actually back in the year 2000, and again in 2008, you have no option in the end. the only thing that works is to make it credible if we shape the negotiations. give it some shape so that we can see this is where it's going to go. >> dr. brzezinski says that we can never sit back and lit the israelis and palestinians do 0 this by themselves because we'll be waiting forever. >> do you agree with that assessment? >> i do. because of what's happening in egypt, and then you have syria, the region is in tota
the president has been re-elected. i know he's deeply personally committed to this and we just have to regrip it, i'm afraid. >> what's gone wrong? >> it's partly because there's so much turmoil in the region right now. it's how each side views its own prospects. >> how would you characterize a credible negotiation given the fact as long as we've been alive there's been these problems that keep erupting and never, ever get solved? we've been trying for 20, 30 years. it was 50,...
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since his re-election mr. obama has fueled a campaign-style effort to pressure republicans to give ground on taxes. that's fine, but it won't be enough. at some point he has to prepare the american people and his own supporters most of all for the hard decisions required to put the country on a sound financial footing. that means spending cuts. it means entitlement reform and a balanced solution that will please neither house speaker john a. boehner nor senator majority leader harry reid. in a position to make it happen. >> i think that's right. when the time comes, if we get to the time where a grand bargain of, you know, big deal that would take care of the nation's fiscal challenges for the next 10 or 20 or 30 year, the president will have to be the one who lays it all out and he's argued for a balanced approach, has offered, you know, $3 in spending cuts to every $1 in tax increases. what he campaigned on. he's in a good position to make that case. not -- the moment is not right exactly right now but i thi
since his re-election mr. obama has fueled a campaign-style effort to pressure republicans to give ground on taxes. that's fine, but it won't be enough. at some point he has to prepare the american people and his own supporters most of all for the hard decisions required to put the country on a sound financial footing. that means spending cuts. it means entitlement reform and a balanced solution that will please neither house speaker john a. boehner nor senator majority leader harry reid. in a...
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and electability does matter. it doesn't matter in the very conservative ideologically based states like south carolina, but it does matter in florida. joe's right about this. these numbers are good for romney. he really got his clock cleaned in south carolina numbers wise and momentum wise. but he appears to be coming back. anything can happen. four days until this thing so anything can happen. >> and that's coming from howard dean. >> yes, i know anything can happen. >>> a pro-romney super pac out with a new ad that attacks newt gingrich for connecting himself constantly to ronald reagan. >> from debates, you'd think newt gingrich was ronald reagan's vice president. >> i worked with president ronald reagan. >> ronald reagan. reagan, reagan -- >> gingrich exaggerates dropping reagan's name 50 times, but in his diaries, reagan mentioned gingrich once. reagan rejected newt's idea on leadership and character, gingrich is no ronald reagan. restore our future's responsible for the content of this message. >> gingrich
and electability does matter. it doesn't matter in the very conservative ideologically based states like south carolina, but it does matter in florida. joe's right about this. these numbers are good for romney. he really got his clock cleaned in south carolina numbers wise and momentum wise. but he appears to be coming back. anything can happen. four days until this thing so anything can happen. >> and that's coming from howard dean. >> yes, i know anything can happen. >>>...
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>> this election for parliament was the first election in iran since the 2009 presidential election. there was a city council election that was scheduled but it was postponed to coincide with the next presidential, which is not until next year. so this election was important for iran for that reason. this was the first time since people came into the streets as you remember in 2009 and were rather aggressively crushed by militias, this was the first time that the iranian state had invited the country to talk about politics and come out and vote. but the election, the faspace o the election was pretty heavily circumscribed. the conformists that used to run for office who were slightly more liberal minded and talking about democratizing the system from within, they have been pushed out. a lot of them are in prison, including former officials. the spectrum of debate now is as narrow as it has ever been under the islamic republic. >> at one point during your work there you were detained and interrogated. tell us about that. and how was that carried out! i w ? >> someone accosted my trans
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last elections. we're doing something wrong. >> yeah, absolutely. the country is fundamentally changed over the last 5 years. 25 years. in 1988, george herbert walker bush, 60% of the white vote. he gets 400 electoral votes. mitt romney last night, 60% of the white vote. he loses the election. very decisively. so as chairman steele pointed out, 50,000 latinos turn 18 every month in this country. we cannot write off the fastest growing demographic in this country and hope to remain a national political party. we will be a regional party. we will not be competitive at presidential elections. so when you look at the totality of these results, you look at the fact that we have given away five u.s. senate seats over two election cycles by nominating loons. people who are -- people who are fundamentally manifestly unqualified to be in the united states senate. >> unqualified and unelectable. and you ask people out there -- and i've got to say, it goes also to mitt romney. >> yeah. >> at some point, we've g
last elections. we're doing something wrong. >> yeah, absolutely. the country is fundamentally changed over the last 5 years. 25 years. in 1988, george herbert walker bush, 60% of the white vote. he gets 400 electoral votes. mitt romney last night, 60% of the white vote. he loses the election. very decisively. so as chairman steele pointed out, 50,000 latinos turn 18 every month in this country. we cannot write off the fastest growing demographic in this country and hope to remain a...
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this comes up after every election cycle. what's so special about now that makes it possible that the republicans and democrats will come together and do this? >> i think there's so much pressure on harry reid to do something. he can do it by himself with his own party's votes. if he does it, it's really, really, really going to tick off the republicans. they want to protect this partly because they want lots of threats against the democrats so the democrats won't be mean to them and hold up all their amendments. >> you said for them to do this they have to violate their own rules. that's a big problem. in closing, i would also note that even if they do this, we still have divided government because the senate becomes slightly more functional doesn't mean that they're actually going to -- >> six more ways that you can stop things. but it's a little tiny weenie thing. >> it's a good thing. >> gail collins, thank you so much. we'll be looking forward to your column in "the new york times." we certainly expect the post mortem on
this comes up after every election cycle. what's so special about now that makes it possible that the republicans and democrats will come together and do this? >> i think there's so much pressure on harry reid to do something. he can do it by himself with his own party's votes. if he does it, it's really, really, really going to tick off the republicans. they want to protect this partly because they want lots of threats against the democrats so the democrats won't be mean to them and hold...
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re-elected, and jimmy carter, of course, did not get re-elected. >> what do you see from that chart that that trough you see right there took a lot of digging to get out of, and that's why they're at 3.1%. >> that's precisely the argument, but remember, we are growing slowly, 1.3%, 1.5%, not the kind of growth rates we've had in the past. so it is a slow-growth economy. i think when people are asked how does the president handle the economy, it obviously factors into their view. but if you look at a couple other measures -- >> can i ask you a quick question? when did we last have a period of four-year gdp growth this low? >> i think you'd have to go back to -- >> you'd have to go back to the '30s? >> i think you'd have to go back to the '30s. four years like this, yeah. i think so. >> the early '30s, maybe? >> we'll do a politifact check on that. >> sorry, i know it wasn't on the chart. >> when we talk about not having to go back to the '30s for this slow growth rate, you know, this leads to something that i was worried about at the end of the bush administration, that they had thro
re-elected, and jimmy carter, of course, did not get re-elected. >> what do you see from that chart that that trough you see right there took a lot of digging to get out of, and that's why they're at 3.1%. >> that's precisely the argument, but remember, we are growing slowly, 1.3%, 1.5%, not the kind of growth rates we've had in the past. so it is a slow-growth economy. i think when people are asked how does the president handle the economy, it obviously factors into their view. but...
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he's won re-election. that campaign has to continue around these budget talks where he goes to the american people and says, this is what a balanced approach actually looks like. this is the game. this is the pain. and everybody's got to get on board with this. he can't just have simpson and bowles who are still going around the country. these guys are like justin bieber going to the mall. when they go around the country and talk to business groups or just regular groups of people saying, hey, guys, this is what it takes to balance the budget. that has to be the president now laying this out. and i think he's laying the groundwork for it in a significant way, not only keeping his left flank in check, but by meeting with business leaders which he'll do today. i think they are a natural ally here. you see in all the major newspapers, the ads that these business groups are putting out to do something, to do something now. they don't care if they're paying more in taxes as long as it's part of a budget-busting
he's won re-election. that campaign has to continue around these budget talks where he goes to the american people and says, this is what a balanced approach actually looks like. this is the game. this is the pain. and everybody's got to get on board with this. he can't just have simpson and bowles who are still going around the country. these guys are like justin bieber going to the mall. when they go around the country and talk to business groups or just regular groups of people saying, hey,...
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election would have been the top story of the year. quite an election. >> almost any time. this is a fascinating election with so many sub plots. we had trouble describing it in one entry because there were so many sub plots. >> yeah. but number one you have mass shootings. let's talk about that. >> yeah. we started out. we did this draft of the poll before newtown. we had an entry for mass shootings based on the colorado aurora thing and wisconsin, oakland, a sad litany of these things. we conducted a first round of voting. that finished sixth. and then we ended our poll the day before newtown and we realized we had to do it over. the first time we've done that. >> wow. >> we told our editors and members we're going to do it over. newtown finished first. just barely. it was one of the closest races we've ever had between newtown and the election. >> i mean, at this point actually after the interview we had last hour, with the congressman, i think this is going to be something that brings us into the next year with a goal united as a country you'd hope. i'm not sure how uni
election would have been the top story of the year. quite an election. >> almost any time. this is a fascinating election with so many sub plots. we had trouble describing it in one entry because there were so many sub plots. >> yeah. but number one you have mass shootings. let's talk about that. >> yeah. we started out. we did this draft of the poll before newtown. we had an entry for mass shootings based on the colorado aurora thing and wisconsin, oakland, a sad litany of...
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there will be a new election for speaker of the house, presumably john boehner will be re-elected. there will be a different house of representatives. however, still a republican majority but a small er majorit. boehner has a newly affirmed position and perhaps the dynamic is a bit different. but, you know, then again maybe it will be the same as it's been the last couple of years. >> richard, you know what i think bothers some people bothers me. it's that there is a small segment it seems of the republican caucus in the house of representatives who were unable to accept the results of the election in 2008 and steamed to continue to be unable to accept the results of the election in 2012. thus, they feel they have a license to hold the country hostage because they don't agree with two presidential elections, which is truly, truly if you think about it enough, which i choose not to, is rather bothersome. >> it's bothersome, and it doesn't fit their own agenda. in addition to object structure things they want to keep taxes down for most americans. it's not just about the tea party re
there will be a new election for speaker of the house, presumably john boehner will be re-elected. there will be a different house of representatives. however, still a republican majority but a small er majorit. boehner has a newly affirmed position and perhaps the dynamic is a bit different. but, you know, then again maybe it will be the same as it's been the last couple of years. >> richard, you know what i think bothers some people bothers me. it's that there is a small segment it...